Vitor Szpiz do Nascimento

Vitor is an associate with LDCM Advogados, which was his first internship. He has experience in court, arbitration, and administrative disputes of high complexity.

Victor holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and a Master’s Degree in International Commercial Arbitration from the American University – Washington College of Law.

He was a speaker at Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and an advisor to Equipe de Competição e Estudos em Arbitragem Nacional e Internacional Team of Competition and Studies in Domestic and International Arbitration of FND/UFRJ, where he graduated from.

Selected relevant cases:

▪ Represented an American private equity fund as the defendant in a suit pending at the bankruptcy court in São Paulo filed by the estate to collect the value of the bankruptcy liability due to abuse of economic power and/or disregard of the legal entity.

▪ Represented an airport concessionaire as the defendant in a suit filed by an airline concerning the transfer of amounts received from passengers as boarding fees.

▪ Represented an association of bars and restaurants in court to question the municipal decree that limited operating hours during the pandemic.

▪ Represented the president arbitrator listed as the defendant in a suit filed by a government entity to annul the arbitration award.

▪ Represented a real estate entity in arbitration related to the delay in construction and delivery of real estate developments in Brasilia.

▪ Represented an American private equity fund in a court suit discussing the lack of conditions precedent for the disregard of the legal entity of the investor.

▪ Represented a factoring company in the execution of an extrajudicially enforceable instrument against a university and its administrators.

▪ Represented a construction company in arbitration due to delays in constructing wind power generation and transmission lines.

▪ Represented the seller in a dispute arising from the sale of a corporate stake signed with a French multinational due to a breach of representations and warrants concerning non-competition obligations.

▪ Represented landowners in a rental case related to the rental of the operating base of an oil extraction and exploration company.

▪ Represented the owner of a real estate development in the pre-arbitration injunction to determine the court deposit of amounts due under a securitization transaction and issuance of Certificates of Real Estate Receivables and in a subsequent arbitration.

▪ Represented a multinational of the energy sector in arbitration arising from a contract of contract for the assembly of equipment for the operation of a hydroelectric plant.

▪ Represented an e-sports company in a pre-arbitration injunction to obtain compliance with non-competition obligations signed after the termination of a commercial partnership and in a subsequent arbitration.

▪ Represented an Italian multinational in court to discuss the proper operation of machinery sold under an international purchase and sale contract with a jurisdiction clause electing the exclusive venue of foreign courts.